“Black Gold, Texas Tea”

Blackcomb Spirit, a 797 foot by 137 foot crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Bahamas, passes Gaillard Island in Mobile Bay while on its way into the port of Mobile the afternoon of MAR 9 2025. Moving at 12 mph with a draught of 36 feet, the ship finishes a voyage from Houston. Photo shot from Fairhope, roughly 6.5 miles away…